Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida

A N N E X 3 – I N C E P T I O N R E P O R T
in institutional strengthening through nursery funds, increasing the pool of potential
key partners.
In the evaluation team’s initial contact with the AGIR intermediaries, the team was
told that the AGIR programme was originally meant to focus on national/central level
CSOs. However, the intermediaries found that an approach that integrates relevant
CSOs at the local level would ensure critical linkages by providing a much sounder
and more sustainable basis for the programme. As a result locally-based CSOs are
now being recruited into the programme.
Within the scope of the current four thematic components of AGIR programme, the
current partners comprise different types of CSOs which, on a preliminary basis, can
be characterised as follows:
Human rights-based CSOs, e.g. the Human Rights League and a range of
more specialised organisations focusing on issues such as women/gender,
youth, children, the elderly, people living with HIV/AIDS and the handicapped.
While many of these organisations are Maputo-based and have a limited
membership base, at least two are locally-based, i.e. Akhilizeto in Nampula
province and Magariro in Manica province, working with community
rights and decentralised consultative councils (IPCCs).
Natural Resource & Environment CSOs, most of which are Maputo-based
with a limited membership base, while a few local organisations relating to
farmers and natural resource extraction mega projects in Tete (coal) and
Nampula (heavy sands) provinces have recently joined the programme.
Broad membership-based CSOs such as the farmers union and the journalist
union, represented throughout the country.
Political rights-based CSOs – such as AWEPA, and the Youth Parliament.
Resource CSOs in Investigation and Research such as IESE, CIP, CEDE and
WLSA, all of which operate at the central level.
Resource CSOs in capacity development and learning, such as CESC
Broad CSO networks, forums and platforms, such as the Electoral Observatory,
Womens Forum, national Forum of Community radios (FORCOM).
The Terms of Reference
The overall purpose of this mid-term review of the AGIR programme is to provide
“existing donors and the [AGIR] intermediaries with recommendations on how to
improve the program guidelines or the functioning of the program to ensure more
effective and efficient implementation to reach the desired outcomes and impact”. 51
While presently Sweden is the only core donor to the AGIR programme, support
from other donors is given to AGIR intermediaries (Denmark to SCC and Nether-
51 AGIR Mid term Review, ToRs.
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